Kansas City's Samantha Fish is howlin' into N.J.

2:35 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

The Royal Southern Brotherhood is one of the Centenary Blues Bash headliners.

Written by

Ed Condran | Correspondent

While coming of age in Kansas City after the turn of the last century, Samantha Fish took a pass on contemporary music.

Nu-metal and post-grunge acts just didn't appeal to her. Instead, Fish became enamored of old-school blues artists and classic rockers like the Rolling Stones.

"I grew up listening to the Stones and Led Zeppelin, and they were rooted in the blues," Fish said while calling from Kansas City. "So I explored the blues, and I found the Delta blues sound, which I love. I love artists like RL Burnside. ...